Tensions between the two countries have grown since a terror attack on an Indian army camp in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18 left 19 soldiers dead. India blamed the attack on militants from Pakistan. India launched surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka last week pulled out of the Saarc summit that was to be held in Islamabad in November, leading to its cancellation.